Investigation of Losses for a Concentrated Winding High-Speed Permanent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Washing Machine Application


Payza O., Demir Y., Aydin M.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, vol.54, no.11, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 54 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1109/tmag.2018.2848881
  • Journal Name: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Concentrated winding machine, high-speed machine, permanent magnet (PM) motor, PM-assisted synchronous reluctance motor (PMaSRM), washing machine, DESIGN
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this paper, improvement of torque quality and magnetic losses of a concentrated winding high-speed permanent magnet (PM)-assisted synchronous reluctance motor (PMaSRM) that can operate in the wide speed range are investigated. Optimization studies have been carried out to enhance the torque quality. In addition, ac copper losses in the stator coils and iron losses in laminations at high frequencies have been investigated. Since the PMaSRM can operate in a wide constant power-speed range, the field weakening performance has also been investigated. The motor performance results of the PMaSRM at both no-load and on-load conditions are examined by using Flux 2-D FEA software. A prototype motor based on the simulations has been built and validated in order to show the feasibility of such technology for white good applications.